Turbine.



c. w. BAKE.

TURBINE.

I APPLICATION, EILEF) APR. 26, 1912. 1. 13730% Patented Apr. 27,1915.

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B E s r WWw/aM fimm w/uf BY W W m ATTORNEVJ" C. W. DAKE.

TURBINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.26, I912.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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A TTOR/VE VS C. W. BAKE.

TURBINE, APPLICATION man APR.26, 1912 9 7304 Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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GHARLES w. BAKE, or onrcaeo, ILLrnors, AssIenoR 'ro PYLE-N'ATIONAL ELECTRIC HEADLIGHT COMPANY, or CHICAGO, rumors, A oonronarron or NEW JERSEY.

TURBINE.

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1 Application filed. Apri126, 1912. Serial No. 693,432.

' citizen of the United States, residing at Chicage, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Turbines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in turbines, and is illustrated in one form in ,the accompanying drawings, Wherein Figure 1 is a transverse section; Fig. 2, a section. on the line S S of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a diagrammatic view of the rotor rim with'the inlet shown on the dotted'line X of Fig. 1 Figs. 4 and 5, details;

Like parts are indicated by the same numvariation canbe. made in the ewe, shape,

her in all the figures. 1 is one side and 2 the other side of the rotor case; 16 is an opening intlie rotor case closed by the cap 17 which contains the inlet channel 15 and into which is screwthreaded the inlet tube 3. From the inner end of the inlet channel leads the inlet nozzle 14; at is the exhaust outlet; 5 is a shaft which passes through a central opening in one side of the case and carries at its inner end the rotor body 6 about the periphery-of which is'formed the ring 7 into which is secured in any desired manner the channel pieces 8' and 9. These pieces and the-ring .are spaced by and connected together through the diagonally placed spacing blocks 11 which are provided as shown with holes for both the screws; 12 and 13 are U-shape'd annular grooves formed by and between the channel. pieces and the ring. The nozzle 1% is placed so as to discharge the fluid at a sharp angle to the radius of the rotor, has

' diverging walls and extends beneath the here shown, and the body may be of any desired shape, although it is here shown as a Specification of Letters Patent.

overhanging ring on the periphery of the Patented Apr. 2?, 1915.

disk. The ring and channel pieces together constitute the rim of the rotor. I-have shown two channels; there might be one or more than two. I have shown the connection between the exhaust and therotor as inadeat a single point by means of an over-hanging ,ledge, but of course the connection can be made in any desired way.

It will be understood, 01": course, that I have omitted parts which will have to be understood as present, for example, bearings for the rotor shaft,'that the parts as actually shown are not necessarily made in the exact -proportions and relations indicated, that some of them may be dispensed with and,

others substituted, and that considerable proportions and arrangements of the several parts all wlthoutdepartlng from the spirit of. my im'ention. The drawings are to be grooved and the edge of the ring inclined so as to "make each opening oi each groove larger in cross section than the body of thevgroove or channel.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: Assuming that the parts are constructed and arranged substantially as indicated in Fig. 1, if a fluid under pressure, 1 for example steam, be introduced through the inlet, it will discharge through the expanding nozzle into the enlarged openings of the channels on one side of the rotor, will then pass inwardly through and diagonally along the two channels and across theperiphery of the rotor and for- 'wardly in the direction in which the rotor is moving from the inlet to the discharge 'pass out of the channels at practically no tor speed int the exhaust side of the case and thence into the exhaust. The streams of fluid will pass-0n both sides of the spaci side of therotor casing and will ultimately ing blocks which are: set so as to cause the least possible interference.v The fluid in be ing thus diverted from a direct passage through the channel or being directedagainst the curved Wall of the channel, will tend to have its pressure increased along or between the curved Wall of the channels. This, however, re-acts to-inorease the friction'on. the Walls of the channels and thus to transmit more thoroughly and completely theenergy-in the fluid to the rotor rim to causethe rotor to rotate, The fluid travels With the rim and if the parts are properly designed most of the fluid ill escape on the exhaust side ofthe rotor into the exhaust at approximately the. opposite end of the diameter of the rotor, at the otherend of which the fluid is admitted. Broadly speaking the'fluidsis fed into anarrow space between two surfaces or into a channel bounded by tWo surfaces, and these surfaces arearr'anged, as for exampleicurved, so as to deflect or divertthe current or currents of fluid from a direct course to an indirect course, thus arresting the forwardprogress of the fluid and diverting an increased fric-' 'tion for the purposes set out. The particu- .lar method of thus diverting or changing the direction of the current or-curre'nts of fluid on the passage through the open chan nel or channelsmay not be just What is here-- shown, but what I have shown appears to be an easy andconvenient method or apparatus for accomplishing this result.

I cl'aim:- p u 1. In a turbinea rotor having smooth-surfaced channel with means for dis charging a driving' fluid thereinto in a di-.

recrion inclined to the tangent thereto at the point of impingement so as to, rotate the rotor by frictional cont-acu with said fluid, and means for increasing the total pressure of the fluid Within said channei'upon the walls thereoi In a turbine a rotor having a series of annular smooth-surfaced channels with. means for discharging a driving fluid thereinto'in a direction inclined to the tangent thereto at the point of impingement so as to rotate the rotor by frictional contact with saidfluid, and means for increasing the total pressure of the fluid With 111 said channels upon the walls thereof.

3. In a turbine a rotor having an annular smootlrsurfaced channel with means for discharging the driving fluid ther'einto so as to rotate the rotorby frictional contact ivith said fluid, and means for increasing the total pressure of the fluid within said chan nel upon the'walls thereof, said means consisting in shaping the channel so as to change the course oi the fluid theretlni'mgh.

4-. In a turbine-a rotor ha ing a series of annular smooth-surfiured channels with an annular nit-27,704

means for dischar ag the air t t'hereinto so as to rotate the r v tional contact With said fluid, and means for increasing the pressure of the fluid within.

said channels, said means consisting in shay-- ingthe channels soas to change the course of the fluid therethrough. 1

ln a turbinethe combination with a case, a rotor having a shaft a body and a rim, the-latter'containing a U-shaped annular channel so as to retard the .fiow of .fluid therethrough and a fluid inlet discharg-v ing into said channel in. a direction inclined to the tangent to the channel at the point of.

panding and projecting behind the ring and adapted to discharge into the channels at one end of and sharply inclined to a rotor diameter and a discharge outlet at the other end of such diameter.

7. In aturbine the combination of a case,

a rotor having a shaft a body and a rim, the latter-comprising a series of annular channel pieces and a series of diagonally set spacing,

blocks between the ring and the channel pieces to form a series of U-shaped annular channels, said channel pieces sharpened at their edges so as to make the two openings of each channel wider in cross-section than the body of the channel, a fluid inlet nozzle expandingand adapted to discharge into the channels at one endof. and sharply inclined tova rotor diameter and a. discharge outlet at the other end of such diameter.

8. In a turbine the combination of acase, a rotor having a shaft :1 body and -a rim, the

latter comprising a series of annular channel pieces mountedso as to form a series of U-shaped annular channels, a fluid inlet nozzle adapted to discharge into the channels at one end of and sharply inclined to aiotor diameter. I

9. In a turbine the combination of a case, a rotor having a shaft a body and a rim, the latter comprising a series of annular channel pieces mounted so as to form a series of llshapcd annular channels, a fluid inlet noz" zle adapted to discharge into the-channels at one end of and sharply inclined to a rotor diameter and a discharge outlet from the C1! $0 1 in a turbine the combination of a case, a rotor ha ring a shaft abody and a rim, the

inear-0 latter comprising a series of annular channel pieces mounted so as tofo'rm' a series of U-shaped annular channels, a fluid inlet nozzle adapted to discharge into the channels at one end of and sharply inclined to a rotor diameter and a discharge outlet from the case approximately at the other endof such diameter.

11. In a turbine the combination of a case, a rotor having a shaft a body and a rim, the

' latter containing a series 'of U-shaped' an- I nular channels and a fluid inlet discharging intosaid annular channels on one side of the ,rotor at an angle-to the rotor radius at the 15 point of such-discharge.

12. In a turbine the combination of a case,

a rotor having a shaft a body and a rim, the

lattercontaining a series of U-shaped annular channels and a fluid inlet discharging into said channels on one side of the rotor said channels open so that the "fluid may,

escape on the other side of therotor.

13. In a turbine the combination of a case, a rotor having a shafta body and a'rim,jthe latter containing a series of U-shaped annular channels and .a fluid inlfet' discharging into said channels ononeside of the rotor said channels open so that the fluid may escape on the'other side of the .rotor said discharge, at an'angle to the rotor radius at.

the. point of such discharge.

14. A turbine comprising a rotor with a series of U-shaped annular channels about the periphery thereof and means for discharging a driving fluid through said channels from one side of the rotor to the other and forwardly in the direction of rotation.

15; In a turbine an annular rotor inwardly channeled continuously about them- 17": In a turbine a rotor'having an annular ner side thereof and means for directing a motive fluid stream diagonally into said channel along one wall thereof in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation.

16.- In aturbine a rotor having an annular inwardly open channel about the periphery thereof and means for discharging a motive fluid stream into said .channel outwardly along one wall thereof in a direction inclined to thetangent thereto andin a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation thereof. i

' inwardly open channel aboutthe periphery it therefrom along the opposed wall-m-a thereof, means for discharging a motive fluid stream into said channel outwardly alongvone wall thereof m a direction inclined to thetangent thereto and in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation thereof and means for guiding said stream about the inside of said channel and discharging plane parallel with the plane of its entrance to the channel.

18. In a turbine an annularly channeled opposed wall thereof in planes wall and out inwardly from rotor ,'saidch-annel opening inwardly toward 65.

ous smooth-surfaced annular bucket substantially U-shaped in crosssection extending about the periphery thereof, means for discharging a stream of motive fluid against said bucket in aplane perpendicular to its axis of rotation and inclined to a tangent thereof, and means for discharging .said stream of material in a similar plane from the opposed side of the bucket. q

20. In a turbine an annularly-channele rotor, said channel having two parallel walls .and a curved wall joining them and means for directing a motive fluid into said channel along one'wall in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation thereof and guiding it down intoand along the curved the channel along e opposed wall.

21. a turbinea rotor I having an annularv smooth-surfaced channel, means .for direct-- mg a motive fluid into said channel in a oh-v rection inclined to the tangent thereto. and means, comprising a portion of said channel for increasing the total pressure of said' stream against .said channel.

In a turbine a rotor having an annular smooth-surfaced channel, means for directv ing a motive fluid into .said channel ina direction inclined to the tangent thereto and means, comprising a portion of said channel for increasing the total pressure of said stream against said channel, said means being adapted to reverse the movement of said motive fluid stream.

'23. A rotor for turbines and the like comprising a series of annular smooth surfaced channel members and means for directing a motive stream diagonally into said chan- 4 nel members alongone wall of each in a plane perpendicular to-the axis of rotation.

A rotor for turbines and the like comchaiinel members and means for directing-a motive stream diagonally into said channel members-along one wall of each in a plane perpendicular to the axisof rotation 'in a direction inclined to thetangent thereto.

A rotor for turbines and the like com 7 prising a series of annular smooth surfaced channel members and means for directing a motive stream-diagonally into said channel members along onewall of each in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation, means for guiding said stream" along the inside of .115 prising a series of annular smooth surfaced each chahnel and; discharging it therefmm along oppesed walls thereof in a plane pep allel with the plane of its direction to the channel.

26. A turbine comprising a rotor of a smooth annular channel about fihe periphery thereof and meansfor i1schaI-g1ng a dI-IV ng I motive fluid through said channel from one side of the channel diagonally toward the 

